Just a couple of weeks ago CDW issued a call for the world's most day-saving IT Heroes to don their capes and announce their super powers. The Spiceworks selection committee has assessed this band of heroes, and below we present the 10 finalists.

Vote for your favorite entry below by spicing up the IT Heroes you admire the most! Voting will remain open until noon on April 12th.

One winner will be determined by vote for the following prizes...
Grand Prize: Life-size cardboard cut-out of their hero
1st Runner Up: A custom t-shirt featuring their hero

This is the story of a time long ago – a time of myth and legend. When the ancient computers were petty and cruel, and they plagued end users with suffering, only one man dared to challenge their power – Raid Judgment. Raid Judgment possessed a strength the world had never seen – a strength surpassed only by the power of his binary code. He journeyed the Earth – battling the minions of his wicked stepmother, AOL, the all-powerful queen of cyberspace. But wherever there was evil, wherever an innocent would suffer, there would be Raid Judgment."

**if the above makes any reference to anything that you may have heard before is merely coincident and used in fun for this purpose**

One man dares to don the purple tights, fighting the evil forces of I.D.10.T, for the good of all end users. HelpDesk Technician by day, costumed vigilante by night, his sense of justice, and his tenacity, help him release the good citizens of <insert city here> from the clutches of I.D.10.T.

When the going gets tough, watch as he busts a CAPS LOCK in some fool!!!

Born deep in the jungles of the filesystem and raised by a pack of wild registry entries, The Sagacious Assessor fights for justice and security in his domain.

If ever a user should attempt to browse to where they should not be, or a malicious fiend should attempt to access a program, file, or computer they should not- this hero is there to stop them with advanced security policies and CONSTANT VIGILANCE!

No file will go overlooked, no policy unaudited, no infraction unpunished!

CRUSH BANDWIDTH by justifying my downloading of 3Gb (or more) Microsoft ISOs from the licensing site during the work-day

THROTTLE bandwidth for other users who might be using the network for nefarious purposes.

SMASH BitTorrent software throughout my network with impunity.

SAVE LOLCATS from from directory trees! Ok, that was a stretch.

SNIFF traffic like no other.

Slogan: "HEY, EVILDOER, DO YOU SMELL WHAT THE NOC IS COOKING!?"

Arch-Nemesis: The Terrible Torrent (or "Triple-T"), leader of the "Guild of Downloadable Malcontent" and their henchmen, the Bandwidth Hogs.

Rob's father, James "Don't Copy that Floppy" Derpson, also known as the "Protector of User Writes," was a hero in the golden age personal computing. He protected BBS's from illegal content sharing and would corrupt any data streams with invalid bytes when he saw fit.

Protector also was a bit of a prude, stopping many a 12 year-old from completing the download of naughty pictures - you know, just at the right moment for maximum annoyance.

Following in his father's footsteps, Rob took up the mantle of protecting computers and low-bandwidth networks from the constant attacks of the Bandwidth Hogs and Triple-T.

I present a superhero for IT underdogs tier 1 helpdesk support: Helpline loopback. Is you helpline ringing off the hook? He can answer all the helpdesk phone lines at the same time! Does your ticket sit for week waiting on someone else to do that thing with that other thingy? He never needs to send a call to tier 2 he just loops those tickets those his cyber implants and get a solution to close any ticket. Do you need some to cover shift so you can go on a date? Yea he can do that too. Just remember to take him for a walk every 8 and throw him a bone every once in a while.

Well, I can't claim a cool description, but I wanted to show support for my team, so we have posters around the office with all four of our characters. I used the default names that were suggested based on the initials of each staff member....
here's mine as IT Director